AFF News

In 1985 Caron created the groundbreaking television phenomenon “Moonlighting.” The series had a cinematic, stylized feel evocative of 1940’s film-noir that transformed what could have been a formulaic storyline into one of the most successful…  Read More

Here is another installment of an Austin Story by Karl Williams. Karl Williams won 3 awards in 2005 for “Punctured” and “Superego” in the comedy and sci-fi categories. His script “Punctured” is now in production…  Read More

Sate to Stella Panel From Left: David Wain, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter I’m really interested in film, but at this point, I haven’t been involved in any filmmaking, other than that time I read…  Read More

Hope Dickson Leach attended the 2006 Austin Film Festival with her short film The Dawn Chorus. Hope was recently listed in Filmmaker’s Magazines 25 Faces Of Independant Film. The Dawn Chorus played in Shorts Program…  Read More

Scott Alexander is best known for the unusual biopics he has written with Larry Karaszewski. Alexander and Karaszewski wrote the highly–acclaimed Ed Wood, which was nominated for Best Screenplay by the Writers Guild. They followed…  Read More

The Austin Film Festival is proud to announce John Milius as the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Screenwriter Award at this year’s Austin Film Festival’s Award Luncheon presented by AT&T to be held October 13,…  Read More

Julie O’hora has been attending Austin Film Festival and Conference since 2003. During her first year at AFF, Julie pitched her screenplay PoolBoy (now titled American Summer) which is currently in production in New Orleans….  Read More

Ed Solomon is a confirmed panelist (schedule permiting) for this year’s Austin Film Festival and Conference. Ed has been responsible for many films including Men In Black, Levity, Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure, and currently…  Read More

The Best Panel Ever was taken by Susan Bays’ Blog http://blahblahbloggingalong.blogspot.com Being the bright folks they are, the folks at AFF realized that a panel with David Milch, Shane Black and Sydney Pollock might attract,…  Read More